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white cloud

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7. Trump Making Fake News on Student Loans

Reply to white cloud (Reply #6)

Mon Aug 26, 2019, 12:38 PM

Aug 2019

On August 21, 2019, Donald Trump made some very cheap news. Across the mainstream media, we saw headlines including, “Trump orders cancellation of student loans for disabled vets“. This sounds great, except that it really isn’t.

For decades, the fact of the matter has been that anyone with a total and permanent disability determination—whether they are a veteran or not—can get their loans canceled. This is a well-established process and, by all accounts, it is relatively easy to do.
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Another Capatin Bone Spur BS white cloud Aug 2019 #5

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